XML Authority Release Notes
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4.1.12 (23 April 2024)
| No | Category | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Updated Schema | Automate the ref fields in the Swedish CRS and FATCA schemas. |
| 2 | Updated Schema | Updated the Polish JPK schema. |
| 3 | New Schema | Curacao FATCA CRS Schema. |
| 4 | Updated Schema | Updated BCL Anacredit schemas. |
| 6 | Updated Schema | Updated CNMV schema. |
| 7 | New Schemas | Added SEC Form N-PX schema. |
| 8 | New Feature | Added the option to disable comments in the XML file. |
| 9 | Bug fix | Corrected the automatic calculation of Doc Ref and Message Ref fields in the Singapore IRAS CRS schema. |
4.1.11 (21 March 2024)
| No | Category | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Schemas | EU DAC7 schemas (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden) |
| 2 | New Schemas | ESMA EMIR Refit Schemas |
| 3 | New Schema | Netherlands CESOP Schema |
| 4 | Schema Change | Corrected Banque de France Déclaration trimestrielle des opérations impliquant des non-IFM schema reference |
| 6 | New Feature | You can now add custom columns or rows to the end of the defined table structure in Excel Import Templates created by XML Authority. |
| 7 | New Feature | Automatically name the XML file when exporting using the CESOP schema. |
| 8 | New Feature | Automatically generate MessageRefID and DocRefID fields for the OECD Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR) schema. |
| 10 | New Feature | Report Setup Wizard for CESOP schema - this simplifies the schema masking process to create reusable reporting templates. |
| 11 | New Feature | Automatically Name the XML files created using OECD schemas (CRS, CbCR, MDR, DPI. SAF-T). |
| 12 | Bug Fix | Fixed a bug that resulted in incorrect validation messages when exporting to XML using the CESOP schema. |
4.1.10 (9 January 2024)
| No | Category | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Schema | Ireland DAC7 schema |
| 2 | New Schema | Model Rules for Reporting by Digital Platforms schema (DAC7) |
| 3 | Schema Update | SAF-T RO schema |
| 4 | Schema Update | BoE BEEDS schemas |
| 6 | Fix | Fixed an issue when reporting with the Lithuania P0607 schema |
4.1.9 (17 November 2023)
| No | Category | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Schema | Estonian Finantsinspektsioon schemas: Fondivalitseja bilanss (51); Fondivalitseja kasumiaruanne (52); Fondivalitseja teenustasude aruanne (521); Fondivalitseja hallatavate varade aruanne (513); Fondivalitseja omavahendite aruanne (53); Fondivalitseja finantsvarade aruanne (514); Fondivalitseja püsivate üldkulude aruanne (522). |
| 2 | New Schema | Securitisation Non ABCP Underlying Exposure Report message (v1.3.1). |
| 3 | Schema Update | Updated UK FCA schemas: MIF007 - ICARA Questionnaire (3.0); MIF008 - Remuneration (3.0); REP024 - Financial Promotions - Aggregated Biannual Return (1.0); REP025 - On-going Reporting by Principal Firms on Their Appointed Representatives (v1.5). |
| 4 | Schema Update | Updated Banque De France Déclaration trimestrielle des opérations impliquant des non-IFM schema. |
| 5 | New Schema | Netherlands FATCA/CRS schema. |
| 6 | New Feature | Automatically generate MessageRefID and DocRefID fields for CESOP schema. |
4.1.8 (27 September 2023)
| No | Category | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Schema | Romanian CbCR schema. |
| 2 | Schema Update | Updated UK FCA schemas (FSA005, FSA045, FSA017, REP25, FSA033). |
| 3 | Schema Update | Updated schema references for the Banque de France Cartographie and Fraude schemas. |
| 4 | Bug Fix | Fixed an error where XML Authority was forced to close when activating a licence. |
| 5 | Bug Fix | Fixed an error which showed the incorrect display of text when resizing the application window. |
4.1.7 (25 August 2023)
| No | Category | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schema Update | Updated CESOP schema. |
| 2 | Schema Update | Updated Bundesbank Anacredit schemas. |
| 3 | Schema Update | Updated Bundesbank Statistics on Securities Investments schemas. |
4.1.6 (8 August 2023)
| No | Category | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schema Update | Updated SAF-T Romania schema. |
| 2 | Schema Update | Updated Banque centrale du Luxembourg Anacredit schemas. |
| 3 | Schema Update | Updated Banque de France OSCAMPS Cartographie 2 & Fraude 2 schemas. |
| 4 | Schema Update | Updated Central Bank of Ireland Payment Statistics schema. |
4.1.5 (21 July 2023)
| No | Category | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Schemas | Lithuania Payment and Payment Fraud Statistical Reports P0607 and S0607 |
| 2 | Bug Fix | Fixed an issue which prevented newly licenced versions from being activated. |
| 3 | Schema Update | The Cayman Islands' regulator expects the namespace “ftc” at the opening and closing of elements. |
| 4 | Bug Fix | Fixed an issue with the automation of Singapore IRAS FATCA fields |
4.1.4 (4 July 2023)
| No | Category | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Schemas | Danish Finanstilsynet FIONA schemas |
| 2 | New Schema | Portuguese CMVM RAA Schema |
| 3 | Updated schema | Updated Luxembourg BCL Anacredit schema |
| 4 | Updated schema | Central Electronic System of Payments Payments Schema (CESOP) |
| 5 | New Functionality | Automated Singapore IRAS CRS ref fields |
| 6 | New Functionality | Automated Singapore IRAS FATCA ref fields |
| 7 | Bug Fix | Remove case sensitivity when importing files with a *.xml extension |
4.1.3 (15 May 2023)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schema | UK MDR (DAC6) Schema |
| 2 | New Schema | Central Electronic System of Payment information (CESOP) Payment Data v4.0 |
| 3 | Updated Schemas | Canadian AEOI (CRS/FATCA) Schemas - Part XVIII Information Return & Part XIX Information Return |
| 4 | New & Updated Schemas | UK FCA RegData Schemas - REP025 (v1), FSA033 (v2), CMC-Complaints (v1), CMC001 (v1), FIN074 (v1), FSA045 (v8), FSA056 (v5), MIF002 (v3), MIF004 (v2), MIF008 (v2), MLA-G (v3), REP-CRIM (v3), REP001 (v3), REP001a (v3), REP002 (v3), REP005 (v2) |
4.1.1 (22 March 2023)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schema | Portuguese Comissão Do Mercado De Valores Mobiliários (CMVM) RCL Schema. |
| 2 | Updated Schema | SAF-T Romania schema. |
| 3 | New Schemas | Polish Serwis Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej Schemat ITP (2.2) & Schemat ITP-Z (2.1) schemas. |
| 4 | Updated Schema | US SEC Form PF schema. |
| 5 | New Schemas | Portuguese CMVM schemas (A05; A08; AFI; AFM; CCG; CEP; CFI; CFM ;CFT; CLC; COP; CRT; DEC; DEF; DER; DFI; DFT; ERR; FLX; GCO; GCR; GTC; NPR; OPR; OVM; PAI; PLT; PRC; RCO; RCP; RDA; RDB; RES; RTE; RTO; RUP; SCR; SGO; STC; TGC; VAR; VUP; ZNP; ZRD.) |
| 6 | Improvement | Changed Israeli CRS schema default prefix to “crs:” for all elements. |
| 7 | Functionality | The Table of Contents (TOC) sheet in the Excel import template now indicates the hierarchy structure of the schema. |
| 8 | Bug Fix | Fixed UK AEOI AccountRef validation error - when generating an XML file, validation failures incorrectly indicated that the AccountRef length was too long. |
| 9 | Bug Fix | Fixed an error that prevented exporting to Excel or SQL when using the FCA RegData envelope for a single data item. |
| 10 | System | The minimal system requirement for XML Authority has been upgraded to .NET Framework 4.8. |
4.1.0 (21 December 2022)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schemas | Polish Agenci rozliczeniowi schemas. |
| 2 | Updated Schema | Updated the UK FCA Regdata schemas for FSA034, FSA035 & REP023, PSD006, FDR-Complaints v2.0 Funeral Plans Complaints Return |
| 3 | New Schema | Israeli CRS schema. |
| 4 | New Schema | US SEC Form 13F schema. |
| 5 | New Schemas | Polish JPK_V7M (2) and JPK_V7K (2) Schemas. |
| 6 | New Schema | Singapore MAS Notice 1003 schema |
| 7 | Updated Schemas | BdP CRC schema. |
| 8 | New Schema | CBI Monthly PSM Schema |
| 9 | Improvement | Added more information to licencing form to assist the licencing process. |
| 10 | Improvement | Add the ability to set an application-wide licence for scenarios where the software will be automatically deployed to multiple users. |
| 11 | Improvement | Enhanced the SQL adaptor so that the database can hold multiple different datasets, and a so that a single database can be used to store data for multiple different schemas. |
| 12 | Improvement | Added a button to clear the list of recent files and recent schemas. |
| 13 | Improvement | Added support for elements with a zero-length value. |
| 14 | Improvement | Added support for union elements - typically used to add a "n/a" option to an element that might otherwise contain date values. |
4.0.3 (4 November 2022)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schemas | French SAF-T (FEC) Schemas. |
| 2 | Updated Schema | Banque Centrale du Luxembourg S1.5 L4 Schema. |
| 3 | Updated Schemas | Banque Centrale du Luxembourg Anacredit Schemas. |
| 4 | Updated Schemas | Central Bank of Ireland Payment Statistics Schemas. |
| 5 | New Schemas | Polish JPK_V7M (2) and JPK_V7K (2) Schemas. |
| 6 | Updated Schema | Form 13F v 1.6 |
| 7 | Updated Schemas | FCA Schemas (CCR-Complaints, FSA005, FSA015, FSA017, FSA019, FSA042, FSA045, MIF006, MLA-G, PS-Complaints, REP001, REP001a, REP002, REP004, REP005, REP011, REP012, REP015, REP016, REP-CRIM, Complaints, FPR001, FSA003, FSA029, FSA030, FSA056, MIF001, MIF002, MIF003, MIF004, MIF005, MIF007, MIF008, and PSD007.) |
| 8 | Updated Schemas | Banque de France OSCAMPS Schemas (Cartographie 2 [carte] (2022), Cartographie 2 [autres] (2022), Fraude 2 [carte] (2022), Fraude 2 [autres] (2022) |
| 9 | New Schema | Banque de France Déclaration trimestrielle des opérations impliquant des non-IFM (Nil Return Only) |
| 10 | New Functionality | Create a Nil Return (Create a nil return by automatically populating all mandatory numeric elements with a zero value). |
| 11 | Bug Fix | Fixed a bug that removed the value of reference fields when exporting to XML after disabling the Automate Ref Fields function. |
4.0.2 (9 September 2022)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schema | BAFN Net Short Position. |
| 2 | Updated Schema | PSD007. |
| 3 | Updated Schema | Monetary Authority of Singapore - Notice 610 Submission of Statistics and Returns. |
| 4 | Updated Schema | Central Bank of Ireland Payment Statistics v6.0. |
| 5 | Improvement | Significantly improved performance when working with large amounts of data. |
| 6 | Improvement | Minor changes to form layouts to unify style. |
| 7 | Bug Fix | Fixed a few crashes that could happen when toggling schema masking on or off. |
4.0.1 (23 August 2022)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schema | New Australian CRS schema. |
| 2 | Updated Schema | Updated PRA Branch Return (v1.1). |
| 3 | Updated Schema | Updated Quarterly Payments Statistics Report (v5.0). |
| 4 | Updated Schema | Updated Semi-Annual Payments Statistics Report (v5.0). |
| 5 | Updated Schemas | Updated Bundesbank Anacredit (v2.4). |
| 6 | New Functionality | Report setup wizards for AIFMD, CbCr, FATCA, CRS & UK AEOI schemas. |
| 7 | New Functionality | Option to enable automation of reference fields in the CRS, CbCr & UK AEOI schemas. |
| 8 | Improvement | XML Authority document can automatically synchronise with the schema masks of an Excel import template. |
| 9 | New Functionality | Ability to save and load the schema masks from one XML Authority document to another. |
| 10 | Improvement | The window scroll position is retained when navigating between forms. |
3.4.3 (12 July 2022)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schemas | New UK FCA RegData Schemas (REP021, REP021a,REP021b, REP021c, REP021d & REP021e). |
| 2 | Updated Schemas | Updated Central Bank of Ireland Payment Statistics Schemas. |
| 3 | Updated Schemas | Updated UK FCA RegData Schemas (MIF001, MIF002, MIF005 & MIF007). |
| 4 | Updated Schemas | Updated schema references for the UK AIFMD v2.0 Schemas. |
| 5 | Updated Schemas |
Updated MiFID II / EMIR schemas. |
3.4.2 (7 June 2022)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schemas | Included the ESMA AIFMD v1.2 schemas in the ESMA folder of the AIFMD reporting category in the schema library. (This was erroneously removed in XML Authority v3.4.1). |
3.4.1 (31 May 2022)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | Updated Schemas | New UK AIFMD (AIF001 & AIF002) v2.0 schemas. |
| 2 | Updated Schemas | Updated Central Bank of Ireland statistical reporting schemas (Resident Offices Returns - RS3, Revaluation Adjustment Return - RV3, Reclassification Adjustment Return RC3). |
| 3 | Updated Schemas | Updated FCA schemas (MIF001, MIF002, MIF003, MIF004, MIF006). |
| 4 | New Schema | New Central Bank of Ireland Semi-Annual Payments Statistics schema. |
| 5 | Improvement | Removed outdated schemas from the schema library. |
3.4.0 (9 May 2022)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schema | New Central Bank of Ireland Payment Statistics schema. |
| 2 | New Schemas | New Sveriges Riksbank schemas. |
| 3 | New Schema | New Form 13F schema. |
| 4 | New Schema | New Singapore MAS Notice 610 schema. |
| 5 | Updated Schema | Updated Romanian SAF-T schema (v2.4.6). |
| 6 | Updated Schema | Updated Luxembourg DAC6 Schema. |
| 7 | Updated Schema | Updated Hong Kong CRS schema - Financial Account Information Return (v2.0) schema. |
| 8 | Updated Schema | Updated Hong Kong CbCR schema. |
| 9 | New Functionality | Import XML files into XML Authority. |
3.3.1 (11 April 2022)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schemas | New Deutsche Bundesbank schemas (MFI interest rate statistics; reports on participating interests; SolvV, LiqV, Monatsausweise, FinaRisikoV; Loans of €1 million or more; Statistics on investment assets). |
| 2 | New Schemas | New Central Bank of Ireland schemas (Resident Offices Returns - RS2; Revaluation Adjustment Return - RV2; Reclassification Adjustment Return - RC2; Interest Rate Return - MR1; Credit Debit Card Return - CDR). |
| 3 | New Schema | New UK FCA RegData schema - MIF008. |
| 4 | New Schemas | New SEPA Customer-to-Bank schemas. |
| 5 | New Schema | Banco de Portugal EBIS Schema. |
| 6 | New Schemas | Polish CRS/FATCA/CBC Schemas. |
| 7 | New Schemas | ESMA Settlement fails reporting schemas. |
| 8 | New Schemas | Canadian AEOI Schemas. |
| 9 | Updated Schemas | Updated FCA RegData schemas (MIF002, FSA029, FSA030 and MIF007). |
| 10 | Updated Schemas | Updated Romanian SAF-T schema. |
| 11 | Updated Schemas | Updated Banque Centrale du Luxembourg CDDP schemas. |
| 12 | Updated Schemas | Updated Banque Centrale du Luxembourg Statistics schemas (S 0.1 - L2; S 1.1 - L6; S 1.4 - L3; S 1.5 - L3; TPTBBL - L5). |
| 13 | Improved Functionality | Excel Import Template Table ID Improvements. |
| 14 | Improved Functionality | XML Authority has been optimised to better process large amounts of data. |
| 15 | New Functionality | Specific OECD CRS naming convention for XML files. |
| 16 | Bug Fix | Fixed an issue that prevented export to XML when selecting export with advanced options. |
3.2.3 (6 December 2021)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schema | New and Updated FCA RegData Schemas. |
| 2 | Updated Schemas | Updated Bundesbank Anacredit Schemas. |
3.2.2 (25 November 2021)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schema | German Intrastat Schema. |
| 2 | New Schemas | Austrian E-Bilanz Schemas. |
| 3 | New Schemas | Norway VAT Return Schemas. |
| 4 | Updated Schemas | Updated Romanian SAF-T Schema. |
| 5 | Updated Schemas | Updated FCA RegData Schemas. |
| 6 | Updated Schemas | Updated Banque de France Cartographie 2 and Fraude 2 Schemas. |
3.2.1 (20 October 2021)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | Updated Schemas | Updated Banque Centrale du Luxembourg Anacredit Schemas. |
| 2 | New Schema | Romanian SAF-T Schema. |
| 3 | Updated Schemas | Updated Bundesbank Anacredit Schemas. |
| 4 | Updated Schemas | Updated MiFID II / EMIR schemas. |
| 5 | Updated Schemas | Modified Cyprus DAC6 (v4.04) schema added with the receiving country field able to include all 2 digit ISO country codes in the drop down options. |
| 6 | Bug Fix | Fixed a bug relating to masking schema elements that caused XML Authority to crash for the Romanian SAF-T schema. |
| 7 | Bug Fix | Fixed a bug where a database could not be deleted if XML Authority was still open. |
3.2.0 (20 September 2021)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | Updated Schemas | Updated Banque Centrale du Luxembourg Schemas (S 1.1, S 1.4, S 1.5, S 1.8, S 2.5-L, S 2.5-N). |
| 2 | New Schemas | Banque De France OSCAMPS Fraude 2 and Cartographie 2 Schemas. |
| 3 | New Schema | Luxembourg Country-by-Country (CbC) Reporting Schema. |
| 4 | Updated Schemas | Updated Banque Centrale du Luxembourg CDDP (Payment Institutions / Electric Money Institutions) Schemas. |
| 5 | Updated Schemas | Updated Central Bank of Ireland Anacredit Schemas. |
| 6 | Updated Schemas | Updated Bundesbank Anacredit Schemas. |
| 7 | New Functionality | Multiple schemas can now be reported in one envelope for the UK FCA RegData schemas. |
| 8 | New Functionality | XML Authority now supports nillable elements. |
3.1.4 (10 August 2021)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | Updated Schema | Updated the STS Securitisation schema to version 1.3.1. |
| 2 | New Schema | Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) schema. |
| 3 | New Schemas | Mandatory Disclosure Rules - DAC6 schemas. |
| 4 | Bug Fix | Fixed an incorrect import of data when trying to import a file that was exported to Excel from XML Authority using the STS Securitisation schema. |
| 5 | Bug Fix | Fixed an issue where data would not export to Excel if not exporting from the root. |
| 6 | Bug Fix | Fixed an issue where UI becomes blank when disconnecting and reconnecting to XML Authority via remote desktop. |
3.1.3 (31 May 2021)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schema | Banco de Portugal EMF (Estatísticas Monetárias e Financeiras) schema. |
3.1.2 (26 May 2021)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | Updated Schema | Updated the Norwegian SAF-T schema to version 1.2. |
3.1.1 (29 April 2021)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schema | OECD Exchange on Tax Rulings (ETR). |
| 2 | New Schema | Norwegian CRS/FATCA v2.0. |
| 3 | New Schema | Luxembourg AnaCredit Schemas. |
| 4 | New Schema | Canadian CRS (T920). |
| 5 | New Schema | Bank of Lithuania Schemas. |
| 6 | New Schema | MIFIR Schema Updates. |
| 7 | New Schema | Luxembourg FATCA Schema Update. |
| 8 | New Schema | ESMA STS Securitisation. |
| 9 | New Schema | Portugal DMIS - Monthly Stamp Duty Return. |
| 10 | Improvement | Automatically populate the schema version element and date and time stamp for some popular schemas. |
| 11 | Improvement | The licence can now be bound to user ID rather than computer ID with a change in the settings file. |
3.0.11 (7 September 2020)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schema | Money Market Fund (MMF) Reporting Schema. |
| 2 | New Schema | BCL Anacredit v1.0.4 Schemas. |
3.0.10 (16 July 2020)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | Bug Fix | Fixed SQL scripts that were not creating tables for the REP017 schema. |
| 2 | Bug Fix | Fixed import bug for enumeration field in the PSD007 schema. |
| 3 | Improvement | Updated Authority Software code signing certificate. |
3.0.9 (28 May 2020)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schema | Luxembourg FATCA and CRS schemas |
| 2 | New Schema | Hong Kong CRS schema |
| 3 | New Schema | Hong Kong CBC schema |
3.0.8 (12 May 2020)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schema | New Polish SAF-T schemas JPK_V7M & JPK_V7K. |
3.0.7 (14 April 2020)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schema | UK FCA Gabriel REP017a & REP017b. |
| 2 | Updated Schema | UK FCA Gabriel schemas. |
| 3 | New Feature | Added the Web Upload XML Envelope schema to all UK FCA Gabriel schemas required to perform web uploads. |
| 4 | New Feature | Improved performance of document creation and loading. |
| 5 | Bug Fix | Trim imported data of trailing decimal 0s. |
3.0.6 (31 January 2020)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schema | OECD Common Report Standard (CRS) v2.0 - relevant from 1 January 2021. |
| 2 | New Schema | Portuguese SAF-T Schema. |
| 3 | New Schema | Luxembourg Anacredit schema. |
| 4 | New Feature | Icons now indicate from which sheets all data was imported, which sheets not all data was imported and any empty sheets found. |
| 5 | Bug Fix | Excel sheets that contain individual cells with mixed formatting (this is when only a portion of a cell's text has different formatting such as bold, italic or different colours rather than formatting the entire cell) would cause issues on import. |
| 6 | Bug Fix | If you mask all children except for one from a non-mandatory choice, the element was incorrectly added an empty element into the XML output rather than being omitted. |
| 7 | Bug Fix | If the Excel import template is saved using Google Sheets, it would expand the used range past the actual used range. This would cause an issue during import. |
| 8 | Bug Fix | If you double click on an error in the messages panel and the error referred to a cell in a table row - if you then immediately edited the cell's value in the UI, XML Authority would incorrectly set the value of each and every cell in the row to the new value. |
3.0.5 (22 January 2020)
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Schema | Norwegian CRS/FATCA (Internasjonal rapportering CRS/FATCA). |
| 2 | Bug Fix | XML Authority might crash if an element along with each of its children are masked at the same time. |
3.0.4 (3 January 2020) - First Public Release of XML Authority Version 3
| No | Category | Change |
| 1 | New Feature | Flattening of Choice Elements in the Excel import templates. |
| 2 | New Feature | Elements reused in different parts of the schema shown in their own sheets in the Excel import template. |
| 3 | New Feature | Nesting of column headers in the Excel import template. |
| 4 | New Feature | Table of contents inserted into the Excel import template. |
| 5 | New Feature | Data can be exported to Excel. |
| 6 | New Feature | Support for multi-language labels. |